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Past International Presidents of the IPPS from Southern Region of North American

Charles Parkerson, 1983

Marcus David Byers, 1987

John L. Machen, Sr., 1993

James “Jim” B. Berry, 1999

James Gilbert, 2007

Dr. Patricia Knight, 2015

Recipients of International Award of Honor from Southern Region

Charles Parkerson, 1997

Dick Marshall, 2002

Dr. Fred T. Davies, 2015

Southern Region Presidents:

Charles Parkerson, 1976-1977

Hunter Boulo, Jr, 1977-1978

Richard Ammon, 1978-1979

Jake Tinga, 1979-1980

David Byers, 1980-1981

George L. Taber II, 1981-1982

Fred W. Garrett, 1982-1983

James Gilbert, 1983-1984

Thomas Couturier, 1984-1985

John Machen, Sr, 1985-1986

Dr. Fred T. Davies, 1986-1987

Wayne K. Sawyer, 1987-1988

Dr. Carl Whitcomb, 1988-1989

Ronald Copeland, 1989-1990

James Berry, 1990-1991

Buddy Martin, 1991-1992

Don Covan, 1992-1993

Dick Marshall, 1993-1994

Mike Miller, 1994-1995

Dr. Ted Bilderback, 1995-1996

Lee C. Howell, 1996-1997

Doug Torn, 1997-1998

Dr. Charles Gilliam, 1998-1999

William C. Barr, 1999-2000

Eelco Tinga, Jr, 2000-2001

Stewart Chandler, 2001-2002

Randy Jacobs, 2002-2003

Diane Dunn, 2003-2004

Bill Turk, 2004-2005

Bob Smart, 2005-2006

Kay Phelps, 2006-2007

Dr. Patricia Knight, 2007-2008

Hugh Gramling, 2008-2009

Rick Crowder, 2009-2010

Donna Fare, 2010-2011

Robert Black, 2011-2012

Tom Saunders, 2012-2013

Robert “Buddy” Lee, 2013-2014

Laura Miller, 2015-2016

Kevin Gantt, 2016-2017

Recipients of Southern Region’s Sidney B. Meadows Award of Merit

Charles H. Parkerson, Suffolk, Virginia, 1990

David M. Byers, Huntsville, Alabama, 1991

Dr. Vivian Munday, Watkinsville, Georgia, 1992

Bryson L. James, McMinnville, Tennessee, 1993

Dr. Fred T. Davies, Jr., College Station, Texas, 1994

Bill Barr, Houston, Texas, 1995

James B. Berry, Loxley, Alabama, 1996

*J.C. Raulson, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1997

Richard Marshall, Salisbury, Maryland, 1998

John Machen, Sr., Mobjack, Virginia, 1999

Dr. Carl E. Whitcomb, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 2000

Dr. Michael A. Dirr, Athens, Georgia, 2001

James Gilbert, Chesnee, South Carolina, 2002

Dr. David L. Morgan, Bedford, Texas, 2003

Fred Garrett, Southern Pines, North Carolina, 2004

Dr. Charles Gilliam, Auburn, Alabama, 2005

Dr. Donna Fare, McMinnville, Tennessee, 2006

Thomas ‘Buddy’ Martin, Semmes, Alabama, 2007

Dr. Tom Yeager, Gainesville, Florida, 2008

Dr. David Creech, Nacogdoches, Texas, 2009

Dr. Ted Bilderback, North Carolina, 2010

Margie Jenkins, Amite, Louisiana, 2011

Don Covan, Montecello, Florida, 2012

Stuart Chandler, Cairo, Georgia, 2013

Rick Crowder, Hickory, North Carolina, 2014

Eelco Tinga, Jr., Castle Hayne , North Carolina, 2015

Dr. Mack Thetford, Milton, Florida, 2016

Dr. Patricia Knight, Biloxi, Mississippi, 2017

Fellows Recipients

John L. Machen, Sr, 1993

Charles H. Parkerson, 1993

Dr. Carl E. Whitcomb, 1993

Ron W. Copeland, 1994

Fred W. Garrett, 1994

Peter van der Giessen, 1995

Judd P. Germany, 1995

David M. Byers, 1996

Dr. Michael A. Dirr, 1997

Dr. Bryson L. James, 1998

James Berry, 1999

Buddy Martin, 1999

Richard Marshall, 2000

Ben Davis II, 2000

Wayne Sawyer, 2001

James Gilbert, 2002

Dr. David L. Morgan, 2003

Bill Barr, 2004

Doug Torn, 2004

Margie Yates Jenkins, 2005

Don A. Covan, 2005

Randy Jacobs, 2005

Dr. Charles Gilliam, 2006

Dr. Fred T. Davies, 2006

Eelco Tinga, Jr., 2007

Bob Smart, 2007

Stewart Chandler, 2008

Dr. Ted Bilderback, 2008

Bill Turk, 2009

Dr. Patricia Knight, 2010

Dr. Tom Yeager, 2010

Hugh Gramling, 2011

Kay Phelps, 2012

Dr. Gary Knox, 2013

Dr. Mack Thetford, 2014

Tom Saunders, 2015

Robert Black, 2015

Dr. John Ruter, 2016

Buddy Lee, 2017

Honorary Membership in the IPPS-SRNA

Riley Roach, 1983

John L. Machen, Sr, 2002

David M. Byers, 2002

Ben F. Davis II, 2006

Margie Jenkins, 2013

Richard Marshall, 2013

Charles Parkerson, 2013

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